Aki Kaurismäki made his English language debut with this brilliant downbeat slice of comic noir. Importing his inimitable sense of perspective and timing to London, the man many see as Europe's finest director of his generation transforms the city into a hostile urban wilderness. It's here that discarded civil servant Jean-Pierre Léaud seeks refuge from the hit man he no longer requires, having fallen for flowerseller Margi Clarke.

Kaurismäki keeps the performances edgy with short scenes and minimalist dialogue, opting for a melancholic rather than a suspenseful air that is reinforced by the grim humour of Léaud's pathetic suicide attempts and the self-pity exhibited by Kenneth Colley's lugubrious assasin.

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